I am sorry to disappoint Mr. Robinson, but unless he thinks that Sen. Bernie Sanders (Independent/Socialist from Vermont) and Sen. Ted Cruz (Tea Party Republican from Texas) have the same position on the Affordable Care Act, his presentation of the polling data is simply nonsense.

When broken down, polls consistently show that a majority of the American public (with opinions on the subject) support the Affordable Care Act or a more liberal public health care program. In the recent, much-publicized CNN/ORC poll (taken Dec. 16-­19), 43 percent oppose the ACA as too liberal, while 50 percent support it or believe it is "not liberal enough."

The Kaiser Family Foundation, probably the most authoritative source in the country on public opinion on health care, has tracked public sentiment on this issue since the passage of the ACA in 2010. That polling has consistently shown a similar result. The Kaiser tracking poll (Sept 2013) showed that, of those with opinions, 54 percent favored the ACA or a more liberal law, while 46 percent opposed it as too liberal. (The numbers with Œno opinion¹ included are: 46 percent support or favor a more liberal low; 39 percent oppose the law as too liberal; and 15 percent had no opinion.)

It is disingenuous, if not outright dishonest, to aggregate the "opposition" to the ACA from both the right and the left, as Mr. Robinson does, and contend that that number represents his far-right opinions.

Surely, the ACA is not perfect; and the initial website implementation was ham-handed. But, unless you are satisfied with 50 million of your fellow Americans being without health insurance while we collectively pay twice as much for health care as any other advanced nation on earth, we need to perfect the ACA, not destroy it.